Popeye the Sailor 1933-1938 - Volume One

Pros: Lovingly restored classic animation!

Cons: Some print damage here and there, set is kind of pricey.

The Bottom Line: Great restoration with a bounty of extras - this is a set that needs to be in any animation fan's collection.

Review: In 1919, Elzie Crisler Segar was writing a daily comic strip for the newspapers called Thimble Theater, featuring characters like Harold Hamgravy, Olive Oil and the like. It ran for a number of years, dailies and Sundays, with little notice - ...

Pros: 60 of the beloved theatrical Popeye cartoons, restored for DVD and as funny as ever.

Cons: It took too long to make it to home video.

The Bottom Line: If you are a Popeye fan or at least have a marginal interest in animation or classic comic strip characters, this is like spinach for the soul.

Review: INTRODUCTION In December of 1919, Popeye the Sailor made his debut in E.C. Segar's Thimble Theatre comic strip. Almost a decade later, in January of 1929, brothers Max and Dave Fleischer translated the character to the big screen via a "test run" ...

Pros: For cartoon buffs, rich animation and characterization, and lots of laughs

Cons: Be forewarned -- political incorrectness abounds

The Bottom Line: Generations of cartoon fans have been taught to settle for less. Popeye blows that notion out of the water

Review: Grown-up kids at heart, do yourself a favor. Take the money you'd have blown to go see the latest dumb family comedy, tack on a few extra bucks, and buy Warner Bros.' 4-DVD set Popeye the Sailor, Vol. 1 (1933-38). Quality animation, which was ...